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Wireless vs. Power Line vs. New Wire Wayne Caswell HomeRF Communications Chairman SIEMENS ICM – Austin, Texas [email protected] LIVES ! !! THRIVES !

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Wireless vs.Power Line vs.

New Wire

Wayne CaswellHomeRF Communications Chairman

SIEMENS ICM – Austin, Texas

[email protected]

LIVES !!!THRIVES !

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• Wiring History: Slow Evolution vs. PC / NW

• Old House Retrofit: Electricity, Gas, Water, Phone, Cable (all physical extensions)

• New House Retrofit: Concrete slab, Two-story, Fire blocks, Conduit, New tools

• MDU Retrofit: Easier Justification

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A Personal Wiring Experience

• 8 Years Ago versus Today – Home-run, Cat.5, RG6– Twisted arm, Wiring mistakes, Trim carpenters,

Electric circuits– >12 Builders in Austin + 1 with Fiber

• Lifestyle Changes: Moved Home Office

• New Device types: WebTV, Surveillance Cameras, Sensors, Flat Panel Displays, Wireless Speakers, Cars

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Innovation to the Rescue

• Market need = Opportunity = Technology

• New wire types: RG-59 /-6, Cat.5 /.5e /.6 /.7, Fiber???

• New Software: Digital Convergence, Compression, Encryption, Rights Management

• No-new-wires: Power lines, Phone lines, Wireless

• How much Bandwidth? Video-on-Demand

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IBM System/370 model 158 (circa 1975)1 MIPS

Can you Future-Proof your Home?

The Embedded Mainframe

30 GHz, 600 GIPS15 GB (memory)22 TB (storage)1.2 Gbps (network)

The Handheld Mainframe

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A/C Powered and Stationary

• Ordinary Devices get Networked– Everything with a Plug

• But Power Line is Electrically Noisy

• New Technologies: HomePlug

• Homes per Transformer

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Battery Powered and Mobile

Data Comm

Entertainment

• Small & Battery Operated = Mobile– Everything with a battery gets networked– Sofa, Kitchen, Deck, Car, Public Places– Mobile = Wireless Wars ( ONE standard? )

• Wireless Issues– Throughput, Range, Attenuation, Interference, QoS,

Cost, Power Consumption, Latency, Scalability

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vs. Bluetooth and IEEE802.11b

Advantage ~ Adequate X DisadvantageLegend:

Attribute HomeRF Bluetooth IEEE802.11

Cost X

Toll-Quality Voice Support ~ X

Streaming Media Support ~ ~

Data Throughput X

Range X

Power Consumption X

Form Factor X

Network Topology ~ ~

Unwanted Interference Immunity ~ ~

Self-Interference Immunity X

Security ~ X

Roaming Outside the Home ~ ~ ~

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Market Positioning

OfficesOfficesData OnlyRoaming

HouseholdsHouseholdsData, Voice, EntertainmentSimple, Secure, Reliable, Affordable

MobileMobileLow PowerShort DistanceReplace Cables

Created for the Consumer Simple, Secure, Reliable, and Affordable

Ideal for Broadband Combines Data, Voice, and Entertainment

HomeRF is Winning the Home!

2000: 1.6 Mbps

2001: 10 Mbps

2002: 20+ Mbps

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310 DVDset-top box

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Wireless vs.Power Line vs.

New Wire

Wayne CaswellHomeRF Communications Chairman

SIEMENS ICM – Austin, Texas

[email protected]

www.HomeRF.org